Gate.



PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

G. SIEBRING.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1907.

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PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

G. SIEBRING.

GATE.

APPLICATION nun mm. a, 1907.

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GATE

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed February 9,1907, berial No. 356.655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE SIEBRING, a citizen of the United States,residing at George, in the county of Lyon and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Gate, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofswinging gates, more especially that shown and described in Patent No.805,032, granted to me Nov. 21, 1905, and to provide inexpensive andeflicient means for positively opening and closing the gate at adistance from either side of it, and for securely locking the gate inits closed position and for retaining the same in its open positionuntil positively closed by the operating mechanism.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details oi construction,within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of a gate, constructed inaccordance with this invention and shown partially open. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the same, the gate being closed. Fig. 3 is a detailview, illustrating the construction of the latch mechanism. Fig. 4 is adetail sectional view, illustrating the construction for locking theslidable' eye at the inner or rear end of the loop-shaped guide of thegate. Fig. 5 is a detail view, illustrating the arrangement of theguides for the flexible connection of the operating mechanism. Fig. 6 isa detail sectional view, illustrating the manner of mounting theoscillatory gate actuating lever.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1. designates a swinging gate, provided at its inner or rear end withupper and lower eyes 2 and 3, which are slidable vertically on upper andlower pintles 4 and 5, having angularly bent terminals 6. The angularlybent terminals of the pintles pierce an upright or post 7, and aresecured to the same by nuts, or other suitable fastening devices. Thelower pintle, which is arranged at an inclination, extends upwardly andoutwardly, and the upper pintle is oppositely inclined being extendedupwardly and inwardly. By this construction, the gate, when movedvertically in opening by the means hereinafter described, has its lowerportion moved outwardly from the hinged post,a11d its upper portionmoved inwardly towards the same thereby throwing the gate at an angle,which assists the opening movement and serves to retain the gate in itsopen position.

The gate is swung horizontally and lifted vertically by means of anoscillatory lever 8, iulcrumed at its lower end in a substantiallyU-shaped bracket or hear ing 9, which is provided with a depending pivot10, mounted in a bearing of a stub post 11 and retained therein by a capplate 12. The lower end of the oscillatory lever 8 is connected with thebearing bracket by a horizontal pivot 13, which pierces the sides of thebracket and the lower end of the lever. By means of the vertical andhorizontal pivots of the bracket, the oscillatory lever is adapted toswing and is also capable of rotary movement to enable an arm 14 of theupper end of the lever to swing substantially in a horizontal plane. Thearm 14, which is arranged substantially at right angles to the bodyportion of the lever, is preferably supported by an inclined brace 15,and it is provided at its outer end with an eye 16, which slides on aloop-shaped guide 17 of the gate. The loop-shaped guide, which isarranged at an inclination, extends downwardly and rearwardly from itsouter end, and its terminals, which are bent at an angle, are suitablysecured to the top of the gate.

The oscillatory lever is provided at an angle, formed by the arm and thebody portion of the lever, with an eye 18 to which is secured one end ofa flexible connection 19, which passes through a guide 20. The guide,which is arranged horizontally, is provided with supporting arms 21,having inner and outer portions arranged at an angle to each other andreceiving grooved pulleys 22 and 23. The attaching portion of the guideis secured to a horizontal bar 24, which is supported by the post orupright 7 and by a post or upright 25, arranged a suitable distance fromthe post or upright 7 at one side of the gate, and extending above thehorizontal bar, which is located at the upper end of the said post orupright 7. The upper end of the flexible connection 19 is connected withthe inner ends of a pair of operating levers 26 and 27. The operatinglever 26 is fulcrumed at a point between its ends on the post or upright25 at the upper end thereof, and the other operating lever 27 isfulcrumed on an arm or bar 28, arranged at an inclination and extendingupward from the post or upright 7 and from the proximate end of the bar24, which projects horizontally beyond the post or upright 7. Theoperating levers are provided at their outer ends with suitable handles29, arranged in convenient position to be grasped by a person onhorseback, or in a vehicle. When the gate is closed, the eye 18. of theoscillatory lever is located in advance of the guide 20, and when thegate is opened, the said eye 18 is carried to a point in rear of theguide 20, so that an upward pull on the flexible connection 19 willoperate to swing the oscillatory lever forwardly to close the gate.

The gate is provided at its free end with a rigid projecting latch 30,located near the top of the gate in position to engage a keeper 31,mounted on a small gate 32, which is rigidly held in a closed positionby a fastening device or latch, forming the subject-matter of acompanion application, executed by me of even date herewith. The smallgate dispenses with a latch post, and the keeper, which is secured atits lower end to the upper portion of the small gate, is provided between its ends with an angular bend, which off-sets its upper portion fromthe small gate to provide a recess into which the latch 30 drops, whenthe gate closes. The upper end of the keeper is provided with anoutwardly extending inclined lip 32 for guiding the latch 30 to the saidrecess.

When either of the levers 26 and 27 is operated to open the gate, thegate is lifted by the oscillatory lever, which is drawn rearwardly, andthe eye 16 is carried to' the rear end of the loop-shaped guide, and itis locked in such position by means of a vertically movable lock- I ingbar 33, guided on the gate and movable vertically across the spacebetween the guide and the top bar of the gate. The locking bar has areduced upper engagin g end 34, which passes through a perforation 35 ofthe top bar of the gate l, and the lower end of the locking bar isprovided with an eye 36, which is connected with a crank bend 37 of alongitudinal rock shaft 38. The rock shaft 38, which extendslongitudinally of the upper portion of the gate, is journaled insuitable bearings of the same and the crank bend 37 is located at therear portion of the said shaft. The front end of the shaft is providedwith a crank arm 39, arranged within a loop 40 and projecting beyond thegate 1, and adapted to engage the front bar of the gate 32, or otherlatch supporting means. The inner end of the rock shaft receives acoiled spring 41, which holds the locking bar 33 normally extended, andthe loop 40 forms a stop for limiting the movement of the crank arm 39.When the longitudinal rock shaft 38 is free to move, it is automaticallyrotated by the coiled spring 41 to move the locking bar 33 upwardly.This operation takes place in the opening movement of the gate 1, whenthe front end of the latter is carried away from the gate 32 and whenthe gate 1 closes, the crank arm 39 is carried into engagement with thegate 32 to rotate the shaft 38 against the action of the spring 41 tomove the locking bar 35 downwardly. The crank arm 39 is arranged at aninclination, when the gate is open, and the eye 16 is confined at therear end of the guide 17 by the locking bar, and when the gate closes,the crankarm oi the rock shaft strikes against the front bar of the gate32 and the rock shaft is rotated by such contact to withdraw the lockingrod from engagement with the eye 16 to permit the latch 30 to drop tothe bottom of the recess of the keeper, whereby the gate will besecurely I held in its closed position. The locking device for holdingthe eye at the rear end of the guide is automatically operable to.engage and release the said eye. The coiled spring 41, which actuatesthe rock shaft 38,

has one of its terminals connected with the same, and the other terminalis suitably connected to the gate.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The combination with a support, of upper and lower pintles, the upperpintle being; inclined upwardly and inwardly and the lower pintle beinginclined upwardly and outwardly, a gate slidnble vertically on thepintles, which, when the gate is raised, move the bottom of the gateoutwardly from the support and carry the upper portion of the gateinwardly towards the said support and operating mechanism for openingand closing the gate, said operating mechanism being provided with meansfor raising the gate in the opening movement thereof, whereby the gateis tilted.

2. The combination of a swinging gate provided with a guide, a leverprovided with means slidable on the guide for connecting it to the gate,and automatically operable means for locking the slidable means at oneend of the guide.

The combination of a vertically movable horizontally swinging gatehaving a guide, an oscillatory gate actuating lever provided with meansslidable on the guide for connecting it to the gate, and anautomatically operable spring actuated locking device for holding theslidable means at one end of the guide.

4. The combination of a vertically movable horizontally swinging gatehaving a guide, an oscillatory lever slidably connected with the guide.a locking rod mounted on the gate and arranged to lock the lever at oneend of the guide, and a rock shaft connected with the locking rod foropen ating the same.

The combination of a horizontally swinging gate, a gate actuating leverslidably connected with the gate, a locking rod arranged to hold thelever against movement on the gate, a rock shaft connected with thelocking rod and provided with a projecting crank element.

G. The combination of a horizontally swinging verti cally movable gate,an actuating lever slidably connected with the gate, a locking rodarranged to hold the lever against movement on the gate, a shaft havinga crank element connected with the rod and provided with a second crankelement extending beyond the gate, and a spring for holding the lockingrod in its engaging position.

7. The combination with a keeper and means for supporting the same, of avertically movable horizontally swinging gate provided with a latch forengaging the keeper, an actuating lever slidably connected with thegate, a locking member for holding the lever against movement on thegate, and a spring actuated rock shalt connected with the said memberand having a crank element arranged to engage the keeper supportingmeans.

S. The combination with a vertically movable horizontally swinging gate,of an actuating lci'er slidably con nectcd with the gate and arranged tolift the same in the opening movement thereof, means for automaticallyhold ing the lever against movement on the gate to maintain the saidgate in an elevated position during the opening and closing movements,and means for releasing the lever at the end of the closing movement ofthe gate.

in testimony. that I claim the foregoing as my own, 1 have hereto:itlixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLAUDE SIEBRING.

Witnesses O. 'l. (onmmnac K. A. HENRY.

